The main line of the SWP railroad runs as far north as Radebaugh in Hempfield Township. It then passes Greensburg and Scottdale (the location of the railyard) to an interchange with NS and W&LE in Everson. The SWP mainline passes through the coal towns of Owensdale and Broadford, before reaching a junction with CSX. It operates over CSX tracks through Connellsville, where it leaves CSX to run south through Dunbar and Mt Braddock to Uniontown. The route ends after passing through Fairchance and Smithfield. Near the end of the line in Smithfield is a new large fracking-sand facility owned by Hi-Crush Partners, which receives 40 ft covered hoppers.

The current SWP roster consists of SWP 4006 GP40-2 mated with SWP 406 slug, which in combination are referred to as an HD40-2 by Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad. This combination has 3000 HP, 8 powered axles and two fuel tanks. SWP 4006 was repainted and SWP 406 was rebuilt by Metro East Industries, Inc. of St. Louis, Ill in 2015. Other locomotives from sister railroad AVR are lent to SWP from time to time as needed.

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Reporting mark
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A reporting mark is an alphabetic code of one to four letters used to identify owners or lessees of rolling stock and other equipment used on certain railroad networks. In North America the mark, which consists of an code of one to four letters, is stenciled on each piece of equipment. The Association of American Railroads assigns marks to all carriers, under authority granted by the U. S, surface Transportation Board, Transport Canada, and Mexican Government. Under current practice, the first letter must match the initial letter of the railroad name, as it also acts as a Standard Carrier Alpha Code, the reporting mark cannot conflict with codes in use by other nonrail carriers. In another example, the mark for state-funded Amtrak services in California is CDTX because the state transportation agency owns the equipment used in these services. This is why the reporting mark for CSX Transportation, which is a railroad, is CSXT instead of CSX. This often resulted in five-letter reporting marks, an option not otherwise allowed by the AAR, the standard ISO6346 covers identifiers for intermodal containers. When the owner of a mark is taken over by another company. For example, when the Union Pacific Railroad acquired the Chicago and North Western Railway in the 1990s, some companies own several marks that are used to identify different classes of cars, such as boxcars or gondolas. If the acquiring company discontinues the name or mark of the acquired company, occasionally, long-disused marks are suddenly revived by the companies which now own them. For example, in recent years, the Union Pacific Railroad has begun to use the mark CMO on newly built covered hoppers, gondolas, CMO originally belonged to a predecessor of the CNW, which passed it on to them, from which the UP inherited it. Some of these still retain their temporary NYC marks. Because of its size, this list has been split into subpages based on the first letter of the reporting mark, railinc, a subsidiary of the AAR, maintains the active reporting marks for the North American rail industry. Railinc offers a free online look-up of reporting marks and other industry reference files through the Railincs Freight Rail 411 website, a railway vehicle must be registered in a national vehicle register using a 12-digit number derived from the old UIC system of vehicle numbering. The number contains the country in the third and fourth digit. The VKM must not contain special signs or digits, the VKM is preceded by the code for the country, where the vehicle is registered and a hyphen. Some examples, When a vehicle is sold it does not normally be transferred to another register, the Czech railways bought large numbers of coaches from ÖBB. The number remained the same but the VKM changed from A-ÖBB to A-ČD, the UIC introduced a uniform numbering system for their members based on a 12-digit number, largely known as UIC number

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Fayette County, Pennsylvania
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Fayette County is a county located in the U. S. state of Pennsylvania. Fayette County is located in southwestern Pennsylvania, adjacent to Maryland, as of the 2010 census, the population was 136,606. The county was created on September 26,1783, from part of Westmoreland County, Fayette County is part of the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The first Europeans in Fayette County were explorers, who had used an ancient American Indian trail that bisected the county on their journey across the Appalachian Mountains. In 1754, when control of the area was still in dispute between France and Great Britain, 22-year-old George Washington fought against the French at Jumonville Glen and Fort Necessity. British forces under Washington and General Edward Braddock improved roads throughout the region, during the American Revolution, Fayette County was plagued by attacks from British-allied Indians and remained isolated as a frontier region. Also retarding settlement was a dispute with Virginia, Virginias District of West Augusta. In 1780 the dispute was settled by the government in favor of Pennsylvania. President George Washington called out the militias to restore order, Fayette County continued to be important to travelers in the early 1800s. The National Road provided a route through the mountains of the county for settlers heading west, the shipyards in Brownsville on the Monongahela River built ships for both the domestic and international trade. As Pittsburgh developed its industries in the century, Fayette County become a center of coal mining. From the 1880s to the early 1900s, the great expansion in steel production became nationally important. Both new European immigrants and African Americans in the Great Migration from the rural South were attracted to the Pittsburgh area for industrial jobs, the historic Scottish and German farming communities established in the earlier 19th century were soon overshadowed by the wave of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe. By World War II, Fayette County had a new unionized working class that enjoyed increased prosperity, in the 1950s, however, the coal industry fell into decline. In the 1970s, the restructuring and collapse of American steel resulted in a loss of industrial jobs. The population has declined since the peak in 1940, as residents have had to move elsewhere for work, the loss of union jobs caused many working families to drop out of the middle class. Only a few mines are being worked in the 21st century, the region is slowly transitioning toward the service sector, with an increase in jobs in fields such as telemarketing. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 798 square miles

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Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
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Westmoreland County is a county located in the U. S. state of Pennsylvania. At the 2010 census, the population was 365,169, Westmoreland County originally included the present-day counties of Fayette, Washington, Greene, and parts of Beaver, Allegheny, Indiana, and Armstrong counties. It is named for Westmorland, a county of England. Westmoreland County is included in the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, a major coal strike occurred in the county in the winter of 1910–11. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 1,036 square miles. The population density was 361 per square mile, there were 161,058 housing units at an average density of 157 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 96. 58% White,2. 01% Black or African American,0. 09% Native American,0. 52% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,0. 15% from other races, and 0. 64% from two or more races. 0. 51% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 23. 7% were of German,18. 5% Italian,9. 7% Irish,8. 9% Polish,6. 7% English,5. 2% Slovak and 5. 0% American ancestry according to Census 2000. 26. 90% of all households were made up of individuals and 13. 30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.93. 22. 00% of the population were under the age of 18,6. 80% from 18 to 24,27. 50% from 25 to 44,25. 40% from 45 to 64, the median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 93.10 males, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.70 males. In November 2008, there are 249,147 registered voters in Westmoreland County, in 2000, Republican George W. Bush won 51% and Democrat Al Gore won 45%. In 2004, Republican George W. Bush won 56% and Democrat John Kerry won 43%, in 2008, Republican John McCain won 57% to Democrat Barack Obamas 41%. Governor Ed Rendell lost Westmoreland in both 2002 and 2006, in 2008 Republican Tim Krieger picked up the 57th House district left open by the retirement of Democrat Tom Tangretti. In 2010, both Pat Toomey and Tom Corbett won Westmoreland in their statewide bids, also the GOP gained control of two more State House districts, the 54th with Eli Evankovich and the 56th with George Dunbar. S. Census Bureau for the purposes of compiling demographic data and they are not actual jurisdictions under Pennsylvania law. Other unincorporated communities, such as villages, may be listed here as well, franklin Township - now known as Murrysville, Pennsylvania The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Westmoreland County

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Track gauge
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In rail transport, track gauge is the spacing of the rails on a railway track and is measured between the inner faces of the load-bearing rails. All vehicles on a network must have running gear that is compatible with the track gauge, as the dominant parameter determining interoperability, it is still frequently used as a descriptor of a route or network. There is a distinction between the gauge and actual gauge at some locality, due to divergence of track components from the nominal. Railway engineers use a device, like a caliper, to measure the actual gauge, the nominal track gauge is the distance between the inner faces of the rails. In current practice, it is specified at a distance below the rail head as the inner faces of the rail head are not necessarily vertical. In some cases in the earliest days of railways, the company saw itself as an infrastructure provider only. Colloquially the wagons might be referred to as four-foot gauge wagons, say and this nominal value does not equate to the flange spacing, as some freedom is allowed for. An infrastructure manager might specify new or replacement track components at a variation from the nominal gauge for pragmatic reasons. Track is defined in old Imperial units or in universally accepted metric units or SI units, Imperial units were established in United Kingdom by The Weights and Measures Act of 1824. In addition, there are constraints, such as the load-carrying capacity of axles. Narrow gauge railways usually cost less to build because they are lighter in construction, using smaller cars and locomotives, as well as smaller bridges, smaller tunnels. Narrow gauge is often used in mountainous terrain, where the savings in civil engineering work can be substantial. Broader gauge railways are generally expensive to build and require wider curves. There is no single perfect gauge, because different environments and economic considerations come into play, a narrow gauge is superior if ones main considerations are economy and tight curvature. For direct, unimpeded routes with high traffic, a broad gauge may be preferable, the Standard, Russian, and 46 gauges are designed to strike a reasonable balance between these factors. In addition to the general trade-off, another important factor is standardization, once a standard has been chosen, and equipment, infrastructure, and training calibrated to that standard, conversion becomes difficult and expensive. This also makes it easier to adopt an existing standard than to invent a new one and this is true of many technologies, including railroad gauges. The reduced cost, greater efficiency, and greater economic opportunity offered by the use of a common standard explains why a number of gauges predominate worldwide

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Standard gauge
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The standard gauge is a widely used railway track gauge. Approximately 55% of the lines in the world are this gauge, all high-speed rail lines, except those in Russia, Uzbekistan, and Finland, are standard gauge. The distance between the edges of the rails is defined to be 1435 mm except in the United States. It is also called the UIC gauge or UIC track gauge, as railways developed and expanded, one of the key issues was the track gauge to be used. The result was the adoption throughout a large part of the world of a gauge of 1435 mm. In North East England, some lines in colliery areas were 4 ft 8 in. All these lines had been widened to standard gauge by 1846, parts of the United States, mainly in the Northeast, adopted the same gauge, because some early trains were purchased from Britain. However, until well into the half of the 19th century, Britain. The American gauges converged as the advantages of equipment interchange became increasingly apparent, notably, all the 5 ft broad gauge track in the South was converted to standard gauge over the course of two days beginning on 31 May 1886. See Track gauge in the United States, snopes categorized this legend as false, but commented that. It is perhaps more fairly labelled as True, but for trivial, the historical tendency to place the wheels of horse-drawn vehicles approximately 5 feet apart probably derives from the width needed to fit a carthorse in between the shafts. Others were 4 ft 4 in or 4 ft 7 1⁄2 in, the English railway pioneer George Stephenson spent much of his early engineering career working for the coal mines of County Durham. He favoured 4 ft 8 in for wagonways in Northumberland and Durham, the Hetton and Springwell wagonways also used this gauge. Stephensons Stockton and Darlington railway was primarily to transport coal from mines near Shildon to the port at Stockton-on-Tees. The initial gauge of 4 ft 8 in was set to accommodate the existing gauge of hundreds of horse-drawn chaldron wagons that were already in use on the wagonways in the mines. The railway used this gauge for 15 years before a change was made to 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in gauge, George Stephenson used the 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in gauge for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, authorised in 1826 and opened 30 September 1830. The success of this led to Stephenson and his son Robert being employed to engineer several other larger railway projects. Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway, authorised 1824 and opened 1825, used 4 ft 6 in, Dundee and Newtyle Railway, authorised 1829 and opened 1831, used 4 ft 6 1⁄2 in

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Oakmont, Pennsylvania
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Oakmont is a borough in Allegheny County in the U. S. state of Pennsylvania. It is a Pittsburgh suburb and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area, the population was 6,426 in 2014. Incorporated as a town in 1889, this Allegheny River community began in 1816 when a farmer, the settlement took its name from a landmark tree, as the deed description reads, Beginning at a black oak on the bank of the Allegheny River. The borough is best known for the nearby Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont is located at 40°31′10″N 79°50′15″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has an area of 1.8 square miles, of which 1.6 square miles is land and 0.2 square miles. Plum Creek flows through the borough, Oakmont is bordered by the borough of Plum to the east and by Penn Hills Township and the borough of Verona to the south. Across the Allegheny River, Oakmont is bordered by OHara Township to the west, Oakmont is served by the Riverview School District. Riverview High School ranked 330 out of 580 statewide public schools on statewide standardized testing in 2014. As of the census of 2000, there were 6,911 people,3,118 households, the population density was 4,250.0 people per square mile. There were 3,269 housing units at a density of 2,010.3 per square mile. The racial makeup of the borough was 97. 84% White,0. 90% African American,0. 10% Native American,0. 49% Asian,0. 17% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 62% of the population. 39. 7% of all households were made up of individuals, the average household size was 2.08 and the average family size was 2.84. In the borough the population was out, with 19. 3% under the age of 18,4. 5% from 18 to 24,26. 6% from 25 to 44,24. 2% from 45 to 64. The median age was 45 years, for every 100 females there were 79.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.0 males, the median income for a household in the borough was $41,957, and the median income for a family was $57,821. Males had an income of $42,152 versus $32,721 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $26,716, about 4. 3% of families and 5. 9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7. 5% of those under age 18 and 6. 2% of those age 65 or over. The Oakmont Country Club, widely known for its prestigious golf course, is located just outside the limits in the neighboring borough of Plum

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Unstoppable (2010 film)
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Unstoppable is a 2010 American disaster thriller film directed and produced by Tony Scott in his final film as director before his death in 2012. The film stars Denzel Washington and Chris Pine, the film, loosely based on the real life CSX8888 incident, tells the story of a runaway freight train and the two men who attempt to stop it. The film was released in the United States and Canada on November 12,2010, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it was beaten by Inception. Initially believing the train to be a coaster, yardmaster Connie Hooper orders Dewey, Gilleece, when Oldham finds that the train has already passed where it was supposed to be, they realize that the train is running on full power and now poses a dangerous threat. Dewey and Gilleece manage to catch up to 777 using a high railing truck, Hooper alerts Oscar Galvin, director of operations for AWVR, and also instructs the local and state police and sheriffs to secure all the grade crossings to prevent injury. Triple 7 is also pulling around 5000 gallons of fuel which also poses a serious threat. News of the runaway train soon becomes a media event. S, marine Ryan Scott to descend via helicopter to 777s cab and stop the train manually. Though the lashing initially works, a hard bump knocked Scott out. Plans are made to derail the train outside the town of Arklow using a portable derailer. Barnes observes that 777 has an open knuckle, which if they could catch up to the engine, they could use to couple it to 777 and use their own brakes to slow the train before it reaches Stanton. Given that AWVR has already given him an early retirement notice, Barnes ignores Galvin. As 777 passes Arklow, police attempt to shoot the fuel shutoff switch on the engine, as Barnes predicts, the train barrels go through the derailers without slowing down. Hooper and Werner fully support Barnes plan and take control of the situation from Galvin. Barnes and Colson catch up to 777 and attempt to engage the coupling and their attempts to connect with 777 cause the grain car seal to break and leak grain at a blinding rate. Colson notices the locking pin on the coupler is not engaged and he attempts to kick it in but the couple again impacts 1206 and Colson gets his right foot crushed in the process. However, he is able to hold on enough to engage the locking pin. Colson jumps to Oldhams truck, and Oldham drives him up to the front of 777 allowing Colson to get into the cab,777 is safely stopped before it reaches the end of the line. Barnes, Colson, and Oldham are heralded as heroes, with Barnes retiring and Colson reuniting with his wife, Hooper is promoted to Galvins former position for her leadership, and Dewey goes to work into the fast food industry, indicating he was fired

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Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania /ˌpɛnsᵻlˈveɪnjə/, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The Appalachian Mountains run through its middle, Pennsylvania is the 33rd largest, the 5th most populous, and the 9th most densely populated of the 50 United States. The states five most populous cities are Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, the state capital, and its ninth-largest city, is Harrisburg. Pennsylvania has 140 miles of shoreline along Lake Erie and the Delaware Estuary. The state is one of the 13 original founding states of the United States, it came into being in 1681 as a result of a land grant to William Penn. Part of Pennsylvania, together with the present State of Delaware, had earlier been organized as the Colony of New Sweden and it was the second state to ratify the United States Constitution, on December 12,1787. Independence Hall, where the United States Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution were drafted, is located in the states largest city of Philadelphia, during the American Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg, was fought in the south central region of the state. Valley Forge near Philadelphia was General Washingtons headquarters during the winter of 1777–78. Pennsylvania is 170 miles north to south and 283 miles east to west, of a total 46,055 square miles,44,817 square miles are land,490 square miles are inland waters, and 749 square miles are waters in Lake Erie. It is the 33rd largest state in the United States, Pennsylvania has 51 miles of coastline along Lake Erie and 57 miles of shoreline along the Delaware Estuary. Cities include Philadelphia, Reading, Lebanon and Lancaster in the southeast, Pittsburgh in the southwest, the tri-cities of Allentown, Bethlehem, the northeast includes the former anthracite coal mining communities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston City, and Hazleton. Erie is located in the northwest, the state has 5 regions, namely the Allegheny Plateau, Ridge and Valley, Atlantic Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and the Erie Plain. Straddling two major zones, the majority of the state, with the exception of the corner, has a humid continental climate. The largest city, Philadelphia, has characteristics of the humid subtropical climate that covers much of Delaware. Moving toward the interior of the state, the winter climate becomes colder, the number of cloudy days increase. Western areas of the state, particularly locations near Lake Erie, can receive over 100 inches of snowfall annually, the state may be subject to severe weather from spring through summer into fall. Tornadoes occur annually in the state, sometimes in large numbers, the Tuscarora Nation took up temporary residence in the central portion of Pennsylvania ca. Both the Dutch and the English claimed both sides of the Delaware River as part of their lands in America

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is one of the oldest railroads in the United States and the first common carrier railroad. At first this railroad was located entirely in the state of Maryland with a line from the port of Baltimore west to Sandy Hook. At this point to continue westward, it had to cross into Virginia over the Potomac River, adjacent to the confluence of the Potomac, from there it was extended to the Ohio River at Wheeling and a few years later also to Parkersburg, West Virginia. It is now part of the CSX Transportation network, and includes the oldest operational railroad bridge in the USA, the B&O also included the Leiper Railroad, the first permanent horse-drawn railroad in the U. S. In later years, B&O advertising carried the motto, Linking 13 Great States with the Nation, the B&O Warehouse at the Camden Yards rail junction in Baltimore now dominates the view over the right-field wall at the Baltimore Orioles current home, Oriole Park at Camden Yards. At the end of 1970 B&O operated 5552 miles of road and 10449 miles of track, not including the Staten Island Rapid Transit or the Reading and its subsidiaries. The fast-growing port city of Baltimore, Maryland faced economic stagnation unless it opened routes to the western states, as New York had done with the Erie Canal in 1820. In 1827, twenty-five merchants and bankers studied the best means of restoring that portion of the Western trade which has recently been diverted from it by the introduction of steam navigation and their answer was to build a railroad—one of the first commercial lines in the world. Two men — Philip E. Thomas and George Brown — were the pioneers of the railroad and they spent the year 1826 investigating railway enterprises in England, which were at that time being tested in a comprehensive fashion as commercial ventures. Their investigation completed, they held a meeting on February 12,1827, including about twenty-five citizens. Thomas was elected as the first president and Brown the treasurer, the capital of the proposed company was fixed at five million dollars, but the B&O was initially capitalized in 1827 with a three million dollar issue of stock. Virtually every citizen of Baltimore owned a share, as the offering was oversubscribed, construction began on July 4,1828, when Charles Carroll of Carrollton did the groundbreaking. The initial tracks were built with granite stringers topped by iron rails. The first section, from Baltimore west to Ellicotts Mills, opened on May 24,1830. Developers decided to follow the Patapsco River to a point near Parrs Ridge, a later compromise allowed the two companies to share the right of way. The State of Maryland granted the B&O a charter to build a line from Baltimore to Washington, D. C. in 1831, and the Washington Branch was opened in 1835. This line joined to the mainline at Relay, Maryland, crossing the Patapsco on the Thomas Viaduct. This line was funded by the state, and was operated separately until the 1870s

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Pennsylvania Railroad
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The Pennsylvania Railroad was an American Class I railroad, founded in 1846. Commonly referred to as the Pennsy, the PRR was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the PRR was the largest railroad by traffic and revenue in the U. S. for the first half of the 20th century. Over the years, it acquired, merged with or owned part of at least 800 other rail lines and companies and its only formidable rival was the New York Central, which carried around three-quarters of PRRs ton-miles. At one time, the PRR was the largest publicly traded corporation in the world, with a larger than that of the U. S. government. The corporation still holds the record for the longest continuous dividend history, in 1968, PRR merged with rival NYC to form the Penn Central Transportation Company, which filed for bankruptcy within two years. The viable parts were transferred in 1976 to Conrail, which was broken up in 1999, with 58 percent of the system going to the Norfolk Southern Railway. Amtrak received the electrified segment east of Harrisburg, with the opening of the Erie Canal and the beginnings of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Philadelphia business interests became concerned that the port of Philadelphia would lose traffic. The state legislature was pressed to build a canal across Pennsylvania and it soon became evident that a single canal would not be practical and a series of railroads, inclined planes, and canals was proposed. Because freight and passengers had to change several times along the route and canals froze in winter, it soon became apparent that the system was cumbersome. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania granted a charter to the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1846 to build a rail line that would connect Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. The Directors chose John Edgar Thomson, an engineer from the Georgia Railroad, to survey, the crest of the mountain was penetrated by the 3, 612-foot Gallitzin Tunnels and then descended by a more moderate grade to Johnstown. The western end of the line was built from Pittsburgh east along the banks of the Allegheny. In 1857, the PRR purchased the Main Line of Public Works from the state of Pennsylvania, the line was double track from its inception, and by the end of the century a third and fourth track were added. Over the next 50 years, PRR expanded by gaining control of railroads by stock purchases. This line is still an important cross-state corridor, carrying Amtraks Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line and he served as PRRs first Chief Engineer and third President. Track connection in Philadelphia was made via the PRRs Connecting Railway, the PRRs Baltimore and Potomac Rail Road opened on July 2,1872, between Baltimore and Washington, D. C. This route required transfer via horse car in Baltimore to the lines heading north from the city. On June 29,1873, the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel through Baltimore was completed, the PRR started the misleadingly named Pennsylvania Air Line service via the Northern Central Railway and Columbia, Pennsylvania

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Norfolk Southern
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The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I railroad in the United States. NS is responsible for maintaining 29,000 miles, with the remainder being operated under trackage rights from other parties responsible for maintenance, the common commodity hauled on the railroad is coal from mines in Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The railroad also offers the largest intermodal network in eastern North America, NS is a major transporter of domestic and export coal. In Pennsylvania, NS also receives coal through interchange with R. J, corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines at Cresson, Pennsylvania, originating in the Clearfield Cluster. Coal transported by NS is thus exported to steel mills and power plants around the world, the company is also a major transporter of auto parts and completed vehicles. It operates intermodal container and TOFC trains, some in conjunction with other railroads, NS was the first railway to employ roadrailers, which are highway truck trailers with interchangeable wheel sets. The Norfolk Southern Railways parent Norfolk Southern Corporation is a Norfolk, Norfolk Southern Corporation was incorporated on July 23,1980 in the Commonwealth of Virginia and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols NSC. As of October 1,2014 Norfolk Southern Corporations total public stock value was slightly over $34.5 billion, the system began in 1982 with the creation of the Norfolk Southern Corporation, a holding company for the Southern Railway and Norfolk & Western Railway. The new company was given the name of the Norfolk Southern Railway, a line, acquired by SOU in 1974, that served primarily North Carolina. Headquarters for the new NS were established in Norfolk, Virginia, the company suffered a slight embarrassment when the marble headpiece at the buildings entrance was unveiled, which read Norfolk Southern Railway. A new headpiece replaced the erroneous one several weeks later, NS aimed to compete in the eastern United States with CSX Transportation, formed after the Interstate Commerce Commissions 1980 approval of the merger of the Chessie System and the Seaboard System. Norfolk Southerns predecessor railroads date to the early 19th century, the SRs earliest predecessor line was the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road. Chartered in 1827, the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company became the first to regularly scheduled passenger train service with the inaugural run of the Best Friend of Charleston in 1830. Another early predecessor, the Richmond & Danville Railroad, was formed in 1847, the R&D ultimately fell on hard times and in 1894, it became a major portion of the new Southern Railway. Financier J. P. Morgan selected veteran railroader Samuel Spencer as president, profitable and innovative, Southern became in 1953 the first major U. S. railroad to completely switch to diesel-electric locomotives from steam. It was acquired by the South Side Railroad in 1854, in the second half of the 20th century, the N&W acquired the Virginian Railway, the Wabash Railway, and the Nickel Plate Road, among others. In 1990, the two merged and formed Norfolk Southern Railway. The system grew with the acquisition of half of Conrail

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Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1990)
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The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway is a Class II regional railroad that provides freight service, mainly in the U. S. state of Ohio. It took its name from the former Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway, most of which it bought from the Norfolk, the name was changed to the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway in May, before operations began. W&LE also maintains trackage rights from Wellington to Cleveland on CSX, W&LE still serves the Huron Docks using trackage rights on NSs former Nickel Plate Road line from Bellevue and a connecting line to the docks built by the NKP in 1952. A few other small portions of the original W&LE and AC&Y have been abandoned and/or replaced with trackage rights on parallel lines by W&LE and these trackage rights were also a result of the Conrail split. W&LE lines interchange with three major Class I railroads, branch lines reach as far south as Benwood, West Virginia and as far east as Connellsville, Pennsylvania. The W&LE joins the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad at Owensdale, Pennsylvania, the W&LE currently owns 575 miles of track and retains trackage rights on another 265 miles. Media related to Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway at Wikimedia Commons Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway

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Greensburg, Pennsylvania
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Greensburg is a city in and the county seat of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, and a part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The city lies within the Laurel Highlands and the ecoregion of the Western Allegheny Plateau, the city is named after Nathanael Greene, a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. The population was 14,892 at the 2010 census, located 30 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, Greensburg is a major business, academic, tourism and cultural center in Western Pennsylvania. It is evident as the population doubles during work hours. The city ranks seventh in Pennsylvania in daytime growth, behind Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, King of Prussia, Lancaster and it also ranks 16th in the United States for daytime growth among towns with a resident population between 15,000 and 24,999. In 2007, Greensburg was ranked as one of the Best Places to Retire in Pennsylvania by U. S. News & World Report. After the end of the Revolutionary War, an inn was built along a trail that stretched from Philadelphia west over the Appalachian Mountains to Fort Pitt. A tiny settlement known as Newtown grew around the inn, today the center of Greensburgs Business District at the intersection of Pittsburgh, at Pittsburgh, the wagon trail became Penn Avenue. Newtown became the new county seat in 1785, in 1786, the county built a log courthouse on land purchased from two residents, Christopher Truby and William Jack. The Westmoreland County Courthouse, in its various incarnations, has stood on this site, the area surrounding the courthouse became the original borough of Greensburg, named for American Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene, and formally incorporated as a borough in 1799. In the early 19th century, Greensburg had very little growth, after 1850, Greensburg became a growing county seat with inns and small businesses. It was a stop and the discovery of large areas of soft coal nearby made it the center of a vigorous mining industry in the late 19th century. Seton Hill College, formerly St. Josephs Academy, became a womens institution in 1918. Greensburg became a Third-Class City on January 2,1928, after World War II, more residential areas were developed in various sections of town. Changes in local shopping habits had already taken its toll by the late 1970s when Troutmans Department Store closed, also, in July 2009, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, the largest medical school in the country, opened a satellite campus at Seton Hill University. Now over 200 students study at LECOM at Seton Hill every year, as part of this ongoing transition, an expansion of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art was completed in 2015. The city is home of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg, Greensburgs first log school house was located at the site of St. Clair Park. St. Clair Park was originally a cemetery, when the borough banned cemeteries, St. Clair cemetery was moved to its current location, just east of town

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Scottdale, Pennsylvania
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Scottdale is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania,49 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Early in the 20th century, Scottdale was the center of the Frick coke interests and it had steel and iron pipe mills, brass and silver works, a casket factory, a large milk-pasteurizing plant, and machine shops, all of the aforementioned are presently defunct. Scottdale is notable for its decline from a formerly prosperous coke-town into an archetypal Rust Belt town. Duraloy Technologies, a supplier of specialty high alloy, centrifugal and static cast components, in 1900,4,261 people lived in Scottdale, in 1910, the population increased to 5,456, and in 1940,6,493 people lived in Scottdale. The population was 4,772 at the 2000 census, Scottdale is located in the Southmoreland School District. It is difficult to identify when the first non-Indian settler arrived in what is now the Borough of Scottdale, in the mid-19th century, part of the present-day townsite was the location of a distillery, flour mill and post office known as Fountain Mills. The Pennsylvania Railroad and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad each built branch lines through the community in the early 1870s, with the coming of the railroads, the community’s economy shifted from agriculture to manufacturing and mining. Two brothers who were farmers, Peter and Jacob Loucks, realized the impact the railroads could have on the area and laid out a small townsite consisting of 24 lots. Because Scottdale sits atop major coal deposits, the community flourished due to the coal mines. Frick Coke Company, controlled by Henry Clay Frick, was headquartered here, scottdale’s factories in the early 20th century also produced iron pipe, tin, knives, steam engines, and caskets. The oldest extant building in the borough is the Jacob Loucks House at 115 Walnut Avenue, otherwise, the borough’s oldest residences are concentrated on Loucks Avenue, where many houses date from the 1880s. As well, three downtown retail buildings can be dated to approximately 1880,101 Pittsburgh Street,143 Pittsburgh Street, the West Overton Museum in Scottdale is the only pre-Civil War village still intact today in Pennsylvania. The mascot is a Scottish Terrier, Scottdale is located at 40°6′55″N 79°35′59″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has an area of 1.2 square miles. Nearby Cities, Pittsburgh, Connellsville, Dawson, Everson, Hunker, Mount Pleasant, New Stanton, South Connellsville, as of the census of 2000, there were 4,772 people,2,034 households, and 1,309 families residing in the borough. The population density was 4,094.9 people per square mile, there were 2,214 housing units at an average density of 1,899.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the borough was 98. 13% White,1. 11% African American,0. 10% Native American,0. 13% Asian,0. 06% Pacific Islander,0. 08% from other races, and 0. 38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 36% of the population,32. 7% of all households were made up of individuals and 17. 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older

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Everson, Pennsylvania
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Everson is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 793 at the 2010 census, Everson is located on the northern edge of Fayette County at 40°5′26″N 79°35′13″W. It is on the side of Jacobs Creek, a tributary of the Youghiogheny River. The borough of Scottdale is to the north, directly across the creek from Everson, the city of Connellsville is 6 miles to the south. According to the United States Census Bureau, Everson has an area of 0.19 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 842 people,351 households, the population density was 3,869.6 people per square mile. There were 385 housing units at a density of 1,769.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the borough was 96. 08% White,3. 44% African American,0. 12% Asian,29. 3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16. 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the family size was 2.94. In the borough the population was out, with 22. 4% under the age of 18,7. 8% from 18 to 24,29. 6% from 25 to 44,19. 1% from 45 to 64. The median age was 39 years, for every 100 females there were 98.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.5 males, the median income for a household in the borough was $25,500, and the median income for a family was $30,769. Males had an income of $25,972 versus $17,188 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $12,928, about 13. 9% of families and 15. 9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27. 8% of those under age 18 and 12. 5% of those age 65 or over. Everson is served by the Southmoreland School District, smith, television personality and restaurant operator

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Connellsville, Pennsylvania
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Connellsville is a city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States,50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh on the Youghiogheny River, a tributary of the Monongahela River. It is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area, the population was 7,637 at the 2010 census, down from 9,146 at the 2000 census. Connellsville was officially founded as a township in 1793 then as a borough on March 1,1806, by Zachariah Connell, a militia captain during the American Revolution. In February 1909, balloting in New Haven and Connellsville resulted in two boroughs joining and becoming the first city in Fayette County on May 12,1911. Connellsville became known at the Coke Capital of the World due to the amount, during this time, Connellsville had more millionaires per capita than any other city in the United States. Connellsville is located in northeastern Fayette County along the Youghiogheny River, the city is on both sides of the river, with the downtown on the eastern side. It is bordered to the south by the borough of South Connellsville, U. S. Route 119 passes through the northern and western sides of the city, leading north 22 miles to Greensburg and southwest 11 miles to Uniontown, the Fayette County seat. Pittsburgh is 50 miles to the northwest via US119 and Interstate 76. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, Connellsville has an area of 2.29 square miles, of which 2.18 square miles is land and 0.10 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 9,146 people,3,963 households, the population density was 4,053.5 people per square mile. There were 4,434 housing units at a density of 1,965.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 94. 54% White,3. 93% Black,0. 13% American Indian,0. 33% Asian,0. 17% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 54% of the population. 35. 9% of all households were made up of individuals, the average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.97. In the city, the population was out, with 24. 5% under the age of 18,7. 9% from 18 to 24,27. 6% from 25 to 44,20. 7% from 45 to 64. The median age was 38 years, for every 100 females there were 86.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.7 males, the median income for a household in the city was $21,070, and the median income for a family was $28,105. Males had an income of $28,942 versus $23,016 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,165, about 22. 4% of families and 28. 2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 45. 5% of those under age 18 and 16. 4% of those age 65 or over

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Dunbar, Pennsylvania
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Dunbar is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,042 at the 2010 census, down from 1,219 at the 2000 census, Dunbar is named for Col. John Dunbar, who commanded an English force at this point and was defeated by the French and Indians. Dunbar is located in north-central Fayette County at 39°58′36″N 79°36′53″W, in the valley of Dunbar Creek and it is 5 miles south of Connellsville via Woodvale Street and U. S. Route 119. Uniontown, the county seat, is 8 miles to the southwest, according to the United States Census Bureau, Dunbar has a total area of 0.606638 square miles, all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,219 people,513 households, the population density was 1,879.0 people per square mile. There were 576 housing units at a density of 887.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the borough was 99. 26% White,0. 41% African American,0. 08% Native American,0. 08% Asian, and 0. 16% from two or more races. 29. 2% of all households were made up of individuals, the average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.93. In the borough the population was out, with 22. 1% under the age of 18,8. 6% from 18 to 24,26. 9% from 25 to 44,23. 8% from 45 to 64. The median age was 40 years, for every 100 females there were 85.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.0 males, the median income for a household in the borough was $25,718, and the median income for a family was $30,197. Males had an income of $27,411 versus $18,507 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $14,176, about 5. 9% of families and 11. 1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7. 1% of those under age 18 and 16. 6% of those age 65 or over. Residents of Dunbar Borough may attend the local, public schools operated by Connellsville Area School District which provides full day kindergarten through 12th grade, in 2015, the Connellsville Area School Districts enrollment declined to 4,321 students. In 2011, Connellsville Area School District enrollment was 4,896 pupils, the District also operates its own career tech school called Connellsville Area Career & Technology Center. In 2015, Connellsville Area Senior High School ’s graduation rate was 69. 75%, Connellsville Area School District ranked 401st out of 493 Pennsylvania public school districts, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking is based on the last 3 years of student academic achievement as demonstrated by PSSAs results in, reading, writing, math and science and the three Keystone Exams in high school. In 2012, Connellsville Area School District declined to District Improvement II Adequate Yearly Progress status due to missing every academic metric measured in reading

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Uniontown, Pennsylvania
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Uniontown is a city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States,46 miles southeast of Pittsburgh and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 10,372 at the 2010 census, down from 12,422 at the 2000 census and it is the county seat and largest city of Fayette County. Popularly known as Beesontown, the town of Union was founded by Henry Beeson on July 4,1776, the National Road, also known as the Cumberland Road, was routed through Uniontown in the early 19th century, and the town grew along with the road. Uniontowns role in the Underground Railroad in the years is commemorated by a marker on the corner of East Main Street. Residents helped slaves escaping from the South to freedom, in the late nineteenth century, the town grew based on the development of coal mines and the steel industry. Uniontown was the site of violent clashes between striking miners and guards at the local coke works during the bituminous coal miners strike of 1894. Fifteen guards armed with carbines and machine guns held off an attack by 1,500 strikers, killing five, the Columbia Rolling Mill, an iron and steel works, was located in Uniontown from 1887 to 1895. The mill was the top industry at that time. During the Coal Boom of the part of the 20th century, Uniontown was home to at least 13 millionaires. Coal barons and Carl Laemmle, the president of Universal Films and it was a mile and a quarter raceway. This decline continued into the 21st century, and the population is half its peak of 1940. The USS Uniontown, a Tacoma-class frigate, was named for the city by the United States Navy on August 16,1944, in 1967 Uniontown was the birthplace of the McDonalds Big Mac sandwich. In 2007 the Big Mac Museum was opened in North Huntingdon Township in Westmoreland County, according to a McDonalds spokesperson, the decision was based on logistics and access, but Uniontown residents complained in an article that was published in the Herald-Standard. The Uniontown Downtown Historic District, Gallatin School, John S. Douglas House, John P. Conn House, Uniontown is located slightly west of the center of Fayette County at 39°540 North, 79°4328 West. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 2.04 square miles. The city is 999 feet above sea level and rests at the base of Chestnut Ridge, the National Pike or Cumberland Road crossed over the mountains and passed through the area which became the center of Uniontown. The route is now Business Route 40, as the mainline of US40 bypasses the city center to the south, as of the census of 2010, there were 10,372 people,5,423 households, and 3,031 families residing in the city. The population density was 5136 people per square mile, there were 6,320 housing units at an average density of 3,103.0 per square mile

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Fairchance, Pennsylvania
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Fairchance is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,975 at the 2010 census, down from 2,174 at the 2000 census and it is served by the Albert Gallatin Area School District. Fairchance is located in south-central Fayette County at 39°49′26″N 79°45′17″W and it sits at the western base of Chestnut Ridge, the westernmost major ridge of the Appalachian Mountains in this area. Pennsylvania Route 43, the Mon–Fayette Expressway, passes just west of the borough limits, the toll highway leads north 7 miles to Uniontown, the county seat, and southwest 19 miles to Morgantown, West Virginia. Pennsylvania Route 857 passes through the center of Fairchance as Morgantown Street, according to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.20 square miles, all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,174 people,871 households, the population density was 1,797.1 people per square mile. There were 932 housing units at a density of 770.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the borough was 95. 81% White,2. 76% African American,0. 09% Native American,0. 09% Asian, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 51% of the population. 27. 3% of all households were made up of individuals, the average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.00. In the borough the population was out, with 23. 8% under the age of 18,8. 8% from 18 to 24,27. 3% from 25 to 44,22. 7% from 45 to 64. The median age was 38 years, for every 100 females there were 87.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.1 males, the median income for a household in the borough was $26,840, and the median income for a family was $33,611. Males had an income of $27,625 versus $20,750 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $14,021, about 12. 0% of families and 16. 5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19. 1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over. Many townspeople state that Fairchance got its name in the days of transportation. The story goes that travelers from Morgantown, West Virginia, who made it to the borough by 4,00 P. M. had a chance of making it to Uniontown before sundown

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Smithfield, Pennsylvania
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Smithfield is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 875 at the 2010 census and it is served by the Albert Gallatin Area School District. The towns largest employer is a small wire producing plant run by Nelson Steel, smithfield is located in southwestern Fayette County at 39°47′59″N 79°48′30″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has an area of 0.71 square miles. U. S. Route 119 passes through the center of the borough, leading northeast 9 miles to Uniontown, the county seat, as of the census of 2000, there were 854 people,363 households, and 234 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1,196.5 people per square mile, there were 384 housing units at an average density of 538.0 per square mile. The racial makeup of the borough was 99. 65% White,0. 23% African American and 0. 12% Pacific Islander. 32. 8% of all households were made up of individuals, the average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.99. In the borough the population was out, with 21. 4% under the age of 18,7. 0% from 18 to 24,27. 6% from 25 to 44,23. 9% from 45 to 64. The median age was 42 years, for every 100 females there were 86.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.9 males, the median income for a household in the borough was $26,667, and the median income for a family was $35,714. Males had an income of $25,000 versus $17,404 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $13,618, about 11. 7% of families and 14. 3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27. 9% of those under age 18 and 9. 5% of those age 65 or over

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Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania
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There are also five Mount Pleasant Townships in Pennsylvania. Mount Pleasant is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States and it stands 45 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,454. The Borough of Mount Pleasant, consisting of the area, should not be confused with Mount Pleasant Township. Mount Pleasant Township is predominantly rural and adjoins the borough to the north, in the past, Mount Pleasant was a center of an extensive coke-making industry. Other products included flour, lumber, iron, glass, foundry products, braddock Road passed through the western end of the future town in 1755, opening the area to settlement. In 1793 Michael Smith was licensed to operate an inn, which would have served traffic on Glades Road, in 1797, Nathaniel Marshall sold land to Andrew McCready, who laid out the design of the town. Jacobs Creek Bridge, the first iron-chain suspension bridge built in the United States, was erected south of the town in 1801, unfortunately, no pre-1800 structures remain within the borough limits. The borough’s three oldest existing buildings all date from approximately 1812, The Shupe House at 201 Main Street, Hitchman House at 355 Main Street, Mount Pleasant became a borough on February 7,1828. Glass manufacturing was a foundation of the economy, with Bryce Brothers commencing operations in 1850. The invention of the Bessemer process of steelmaking in 1859, which required coke, had a impact on the region. The town prospered as coal deposits were developed, from which coke was made, however, the lives of coal miners in the outlying patch towns were arduous, and labor-management disputes became frequent. The strike in Morewood, west of Mount Pleasant borough, was the most violent of the area’s strikes, Mount Pleasant was disadvantaged when the main lines of the railroads bypassed the community in the 1850s. The community’s isolation lessened in 1871 with the opening of the Mount Pleasant and Broadford Railroad, later part of the Baltimore, in addition, a branch line of the Pennsylvania Railroad connected the borough to Scottdale, and West Penn Railways served Mount Pleasant from 1906 to 1952. Mount Pleasant is located at 40°8′59″N 79°32′33″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.1 square miles, all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,728 people,2,057 households, the population density was 4,127.5 people per square mile. There were 2,227 housing units at a density of 1,944.1 per square mile. The racial makeup of the borough was 97. 10% White,1. 67% African American,0. 15% Native American,0. 23% Asian,0. 15% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 32% of the population

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New Stanton, Pennsylvania
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New Stanton is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,906 at the 2000 census, New Stanton is located at 40°13′12″N 79°36′13″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has an area of 4.0 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there are 1,906 people,870 households, the population density is 484.5 people per square mile. There are 957 housing units at a density of 243.3 per square mile. The racial makeup of the borough is 96. 22% White,1. 89% African American,0. 05% Native American,0. 73% Asian,0. 42% from other races,1. 52% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. 34. 8% of all households are made up of individuals and 11. 0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older, the average household size is 2.10 and the average family size is 2.72. In the borough the population is out with 16. 9% under the age of 18,8. 4% from 18 to 24,32. 3% from 25 to 44,27. 2% from 45 to 64. The median age is 40 years, for every 100 females there are 96.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 93.3 males, the median income for a household in the borough is $32,206, and the median income for a family is $38,981. Males have an income of $33,487 versus $24,276 for females. The per capita income for the borough is $19,358,12. 7% of the population and 10. 8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the population,18. 4% of those under the age of 18 and 3. 3% of those 65. Volkswagen of America operated the Westmoreland Assembly Plant, in neighboring East Huntingdon Township from 1978 to 1988, Westmoreland, as VWoA called the facility, manufactured the Volkswagen Rabbit, Rabbit truck, Golf, and Jetta. With the downturn of VWoAs sales in the USA, the plant was closed on July 14,1988 and it remained dormant until 1990, when Sony announced it would begin manufacturing televisions at the site. The facility employed more than 6,000 by mid-1981 and still over 3,000 people by the late 1990s, on December 9,2008, the Governor of Pennsylvania announced that Sony planned to close the facility. As of 2010, the 2,000,000 square feet plant remains idle, the largest block of commercial space available in Western Pennsylvania. UPS has a major sorting operations processing about 500,000 off peak and 1,000,000 during peak season, November and December, packages daily, the building is spread over 49.6 acres and contains about 327,000 square feet—or about seven football fields

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Transload
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Transloading is the process of transferring a shipment from one mode of transportation to another. It is most commonly employed when one mode cannot be used for the entire trip, Transloading is also required at railroad break-of-gauge points, since the equipment between lines is not compatible. Since transloading requires handling of the goods, it causes a higher risk of damage, therefore, transloading facilities are designed with the intent of minimizing handling. Due to differing capacities of the different modes, the facilities typically require some storage facility, for bulk goods, specialized material handling and storage are typically provided. Intermodal transport limits handling by using standardized containers, which are handled as units, Transloading may be confused with transshipment, but they represent different concepts. Transloading concerns the mechanics of transport, while transshipment is essentially a legal term addressing how the shipment originates and is destined. Consider a load of grain that is transloaded at an elevator and it thus cannot be said to be transshipped. Conversely, a load on a truck can be taken in one shipment to an intermediate point, if this is specified as two shipments, then the goods are transshipped, but no transloading has taken place. Transloading can occur at any place, a truck can pull up to another truck or a train, and translating may be accomplished by no more elaborate means than teamsters and stevedores. In the interests of speed and efficiency, however, a variety of specialized equipment is used to handle the goods, often the equipment used to ship the goods is optimized for rapid transfer. For instance, the shipment of automobiles is expedited by autorack rail cars and roll-on/roll-off ships, standardized containers allow the use of common handling equipment and obviate break bulk handling. Transloading is often combined with classification and routing facilities, since the latter often require handling of goods, Transloading may occur at railway sidings and break-of-gauge stations. Archived from the original on 2016-06-03, origin, Destination, and Door-to-door Rail Transloading - How Transloading Works

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Allegheny Valley Railroad
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The Allegheny Valley Railroad is a class III railroad that operates in Western Pennsylvania, and is owned by Carload Express, Inc. The AVRs mainline travels northward through Pittsburgh from an intersection with Norfolk Southern near Panther Hollow, the AVR uses the P&W Subdivision segment of the line to cross the Allegheny River on the 33rd Street Railroad Bridge to interchange with the B&P in Bakerstown and/or Evans City. The other segment serves industries along the namesake valley between Pittsburgh and Arnold. The Glenwood B&O Railroad Bridge is utilized by it as part of its branchline from the city to the exurb of Washington, a short spur line is the newest addition to the AVRs portfolio, it links the Allegheny Valley line with Sharpsburg via the Brilliant Branch Railroad Bridge. Before this section opened in 2003, the bridge and stretch of track had sat unused since 1976, currently, the AVR leases the Glenwood railyard from CSX in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh. They operate five GP11 engines, and three SD40 engines, AVR has also begun to conduct transloading operations within Glenwood yard itself, handling limestone unit trains and also sand for fracking. The current company, established in 1992 is an entity from the original Allegheny Valley Railroad. That line, affiliated with the Pennsylvania Railroad system, followed the present companys tracks to Arnold and continued beyond, the original Allegheny Valley Railroad transported oil from the vicinity of Oil Creek and Titusville. On February 20,1861, The Pittsburgh Post printed The Allegheny Valley Railroad, on February 5,1862, The Pittsburgh Gazette and Commercial Journal published Allegheny Valley Railroad—Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Allegheny Valley Railroad railfan page Carloadexpress

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Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and is the county seat of Allegheny County. The city proper has a population of 304,391. The metropolitan population of 2,353,045 is the largest in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the 26th-largest in the U. S. The city features 30 skyscrapers, two inclines, a fortification and the Point State Park at the confluence of the rivers. Aside from steel, Pittsburgh has led in manufacturing of aluminum, glass, shipbuilding, petroleum, foods, sports, transportation, computing, autos, and electronics. For part of the 20th century, Pittsburgh was behind only New York and Chicago in corporate headquarters employment, Americas 1980s deindustrialization laid off area blue-collar workers and thousands of downtown white-collar workers when the longtime Pittsburgh-based world headquarters moved out. The area has served also as the federal agency headquarters for cyber defense, software engineering, robotics, energy research. The area is home to 68 colleges and universities, including research and development leaders Carnegie Mellon University, the region is a hub for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, sustainable energy, and energy extraction. Pittsburgh was named in 1758 by General John Forbes, in honor of British statesman William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. The current pronunciation, which is unusual in English speaking countries, is almost certainly a result of a printing error in some copies of the City Charter of March 18,1816. The error was repeated commonly enough throughout the rest of the 19th century that the pronunciation was lost. After a public campaign the original spelling was restored by the United States Board on Geographic Names in 1911. The area of the Ohio headwaters was long inhabited by the Shawnee, the first known European to enter the region was the French explorer/trader Robert de La Salle from Quebec during his 1669 expedition down the Ohio River. European pioneers, primarily Dutch, followed in the early 18th century, Michael Bezallion was the first to describe the forks of the Ohio in a 1717 manuscript, and later that year European fur traders established area posts and settlements. In 1749, French soldiers from Quebec launched an expedition to the forks to unite Canada with French Louisiana via the rivers, during 1753–54, the British hastily built Fort Prince George before a larger French force drove them off. The French built Fort Duquesne based on LaSalles 1669 claims, the French and Indian War, the North American front of the Seven Years War, began with the future Pittsburgh as its center. British General Edward Braddock was dispatched with Major George Washington as his aide to take Fort Duquesne, the British and colonial force were defeated at Braddocks Field. General John Forbes finally took the forks in 1758, Forbes began construction on Fort Pitt, named after William Pitt the Elder while the settlement was named Pittsborough

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Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad
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It lies between CSX Transportations ex-Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad line and the Ohio River, extending south from CSXs yard in northern Aliquippa to near the Ambridge-Aliquippa Bridge. Formerly known as the Aliquippa and Southern Railroad, its owner and primary customer was LTV Steel, the AOR now connects the Aliquippa Industrial Park, which occupies the LTV site, with CSX. The Jones and Laughlin Steel Company incorporated the Aliquippa and Southern Railroad in November 1906 to serve its new plant at Aliquippa, the majority of the line was opened by the end of 1910, and in 1921 the Interstate Commerce Commission declared it to be a common carrier. Although the vast majority of its service was to J&L, several local businesses shipped over the line. LTV Steel acquired J&L in 1968, and in 1985 it shut down most of the Aliquippa plant, the bankrupt LTV sold the railroad to the Ohio Central Railroad System in late 2002, and the newly created Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad began operations on November 15. Major commodites shipped over the line include bricks, aggregates, the company was acquired by Genesee & Wyoming in 2008 as part of its purchase of the Ohio Central Railroad System

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Belvidere and Delaware River Railway
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The Belvidere and Delaware River Railway Company is a class III railroad in the United States. It was formed in 1995 when the Conrail Delaware Secondary was purchased by the Black River Railroad System, the Black River Railroad System also owns and operates the Black River and Western Railroad. The Black River and Western Railroad leases 10 miles of track to the BDRV, the trackage bought was a portion of the former Belvidere-Delaware Railroad which was controlled by the Pennsylvania Railroad and then the Penn Central. The main operation of BDRV is freight service south along the Delaware River from Phillipsburg to Carpentersville, much of the industry is lumber, stone, chemicals and raw materials. Service is provided three days per week, originally BDRV served the James River Paper plant in Milford, New Jersey, taking over the task from Conrail but that ended in July 2003 when the paper plant closed. The paper plant today is currently a SuperFund site, no train has been to Milford since early 2004 when the last train left with some of the remaining freight cars that were on the paper plant property. Freight service to Congregated Paper in nearby Riegelsville, Pennsylvania was also terminated in early 2004 when the firm switched from railroad to trucking for product shipment, the Belvidere and Delaware River Railway connects with Norfolk Southern in Phillipsburg, which provides connections to the national rail network. Commercial agreements also provide a connection with the Canadian Pacific Railway at Allentown, the BDRV is a Norfolk Southern handling carrier, meaning Norfolk Southern haulage rates include delivery to BDRV customers by the BDRV. The locomotive was renumbered 142, and operated mainline excursions on the NYS&W, the locomotive was brought out of storage by the BDRV for use on the excursions in 2004. The NYS&W Technical & Historical Society operates their trains under the banner name Delaware River Railroad Excursions, since around 2009 the NYS&W T&HS has been clearing the line south of Carpentersville of vegetation, eventually reaching Milford in late 2010. The line south of Carpentersville remains to this day out of service though track gangs frequent the southern portion on rail speeders, every year the borough of Milford has an event called Milford Alive which includes rail speeder rides on the defunct railroad line. There are plans to return rail service to the Riegelsville area

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Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
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The Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad is a class II railroad that operates in northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio. The railroads main route runs from the Lake Erie port of Conneaut, Ohio to the Pittsburgh suburb of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, the original rail ancestor of the B&LE, the Shenango and Allegheny Railroad, began operation in October 1869. Rail operations were maintained continuously by various corporate descendants on the system that ultimately became the B&LE in 1900. In 2004 the B&LE came under the ownership of the Canadian National Railway as part of CNs larger purchase of holding company Great Lakes Transportation, as a subsidiary of CN the B&LE has been largely unchanged and still does business as the B&LE. The iron ore that originates on these lines is transloaded to ships at Twin Harbors, Minnesota, then sent by ship to Conneaut, Ohio, where it is again transloaded to B&LE trains. It is then taken down to mills in the Pittsburgh area, mainly to the blast furnaces at US Steels Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pennsylvania. Also, a few Canadian National locomotives, especially SD605422, are assigned to the line, on the return trip, Pennsylvania coal was hauled north to Conneaut Harbor. The company was created out of a series of small predecessor companies including the Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad. The company was renamed the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad in 1900, Carnegie Steel had an exclusive 999-year lease to the PS&LE. This lease was acquired by US Steel when that company acquired Carnegie Steel in 1901, at the end of 1925 B&LE operated 228 miles of road on 631 miles of track, at the end of 1970 mileages were 220 and 489. In 1988 the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad became part of Transtar, in 2001 the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad became part of Great Lakes Transportation, LLC. On May 10,2004 Canadian National Railway acquired the Bessemer, iron ore and coal are still the routes major freight commodities. The B&LE connects with the Norfolk Southern Railway at Wallace Junction, near Girard, Pennsylvania, the Union Railroad connects at the B&LEs southern terminus at Penn Hills North Bessemer Yard. CSX connects at Shenango Yard, and the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad connects at Calvin Yard in Butler, the B&LE formerly interchanged at Osgood, Pennsylvania with the New York Central System, later Penn Central Railroad and then Conrail, until the latter abandoned the line in 1988. The main rail yard and locomotive and car shops are in Greenville, because the B&LEs primary traffic is iron ore, it adopted rust-colored hoppers so the ore wouldnt produce noticeable stains on its cars. The B&LE carried passengers many years ago, and indeed kept a line from its main line east to Conneaut Lake Park amusement park for dropping off. The latter still winds down along the Little Shenango and Shenango Rivers into downtown Greenville, the B&LE constructed the shortcut K-O Line in 1901-02 to bypass the steep, winding route through Greenville. It then passes east of downtown Greenville at a high elevation

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Canadian National Railway
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The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec that serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CNs slogan is North Americas Railroad, CN is a public company with 24,000 employees. It had a capitalization of 32 billion CAD in 2011. CN was government-owned, having been a Canadian Crown corporation from its founding to its privatization in 1995, bill Gates was, in 2011, the largest single shareholder of CN stock. Its range once reached across the island of Newfoundland until 1988, the railway was referred to as the Canadian National Railways between 1918 and 1960, and as Canadian National/Canadien National from 1960 to the present. On November 17,1995, the government privatized CN. Over the next decade, the company expanded significantly into the United States, purchasing Illinois Central Railroad and Wisconsin Central Transportation, now primarily a freight railway, CN also operated passenger services until 1978, when they were assumed by Via Rail. The Newfoundland mixed trains lasted until 1988, while the Montreal commuter trains are now operated by Montreals AMT, the absorption of the Intercolonial Railway would see CNR adopt that systems slogan The Peoples Railway. The federal governments Department of Railways and Canals took over operation of the GTPR until July 12,1920, the Canadian National Railway was organized on October 10,1922. After several years of arbitration, the GTR was absorbed into CNR on January 30,1923, Canadian National Railways was born out of both wartime and domestic urgency. Railways, until the rise of the automobile and creation of taxpayer-funded all-weather highways, were the only viable long-distance land transportation available in Canada for many years. As such, their operation consumed a great deal of public, in the early 20th century, many governments were taking a more interventionist role in the economy, foreshadowing the influence of economists like John Maynard Keynes. This political trend, combined with broader geo-political events, made nationalization an appealing choice for Canada, the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 and allied involvement in the Russian Revolution seemed to validate the continuing process. The need for a rail system was paramount in a time of civil unrest. CN Telegraph originated as the Great North West Telegraph Company in 1880 to connect Ontario and Manitoba, in 1915, facing bankruptcy, GNWTC was acquired by the Canadian Northern Railways telegraph company. When Canadian Northern was nationalized in 1918 and amalgamated into Canadian National Railways in 1921, CN Telegraphs began co-operating with its Canadian Pacific owned rival CPR Telegraphs in the 1930s, sharing telegraph networks and co-founding a teleprinter system in 1957. In 1967 the two services were amalgamated into a joint venture CNCP Telecommunications which evolved into a telecoms company, CN sold its stake of the company to CP in 1984. This led to the creation of a network of CNR radio stations across the country, as anyone in the vicinity of a station could hear its broadcasts the networks audience extended far beyond train passengers to the public at large

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Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad
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The Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad is a Class II railroad operating in New York and Pennsylvania. The BPRR is owned by Genesee and Wyoming and its main line runs between Buffalo, New York and Eidenau, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh. Here, connections are made to the city center via the Allegheny Valley Railroad, the system runs largely on former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad lines. The entire BPRR system is 411 miles, major commodities carried include paper, petroleum products, chemicals, coal, steel, and sand. The Buffalo-Eidenau main line passes through Salamanca, NY, Bradford, PA, Johnsonburg, PA, DuBois, PA, Punxsutawney, PA, principal rail yards are located at Butler, Punxsutawney, and Buffalo, with support yards for local industry at other locations. Buffalo & Pittsburgh now is the user of the ex-PRR south of CP-GRAVITY in Buffalo. BPRR operates two key secondary lines, one runs between Erie and Johnsonburg along the former Allegheny and Eastern Railroad. Another is made up of former Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad tracks, running from the Armstrong Power Plant in Reesedale to Freeport, the B&P also operates on the Low Grade between DuBois and Driftwood that was formerly used by the Pennsylvania Railroad, then Conrail. A portion of the former B&O Northern Subdivision is used to access to Petrolia. CSX Transportation also leases the P&W Subdivision to the B&P between Allison Park and the New Castle Yard in West Pittsburg, just outside New Castle, though the B&P ends in Allison Park, the railroad rarely traverses the line down to the borough. Instead, it transfers its goods to the AVR either in Evans City or Bakerstown depending on the amount of freight it has. Other owned and operated branch lines travel to Homer City, St. Marys, operations began in 1988 over mostly former Baltimore & Ohio Railroad lines. In the early 2000s, the BPRR merged other GWI railroads into it and these lines include the Allegheny and Eastern Railroad, Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad, and the Bradford Industrial Railroad. Around 2005 the Indiana Subdivision, which had been out of use, was rehabilitated to serve the Homer City Generating Station, shortly after this, the Ridge Subdivision, which had seen a Norfolk Southern Railway coal train run-through to Shelocta was sold off to NS. In 2006, the railroad was honored as the Regional Railroad of the Year by industry trade journal Railway Age magazine

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Brandywine Valley Railroad
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The Brandywine Valley Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Pennsylvania. It was established in 1981 by the Lukens Steel Company to operate trackage at Coatesville, Pennsylvania and it was acquired, with the rest of the Lukens properties, by Bethlehem Steel Corporation in 1998. The Brandywine Valleys main line was built by the Wilmington and Northern Railroad, largely following the Brandywine Creek, to connect Reading with Wilmington. By the time of the Brandywine Valleys formation, the line had been abandoned north of Valley Station, under Bethlehem operation, BVRY took over operation of the Delaware Valley Railroad, then operating the remainder of the ex-Wilmington and Northern, in early 1999. This gave the railroad interchange access not only to Conrail at Coatesville and it also thus began to operate a connecting branch of the former Pennsylvania Railroad from Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, on the W&N, to Nottingham. After the acquisition of Bethlehem Steels assets by International Steel Group in 2003, the ex-PRR line, also known as the Octoraro line, was taken over in that year by the Morristown and Erie Railroad. In 2005, the line south of Modena was turned over to the East Penn Railroad. With the merger of ISG in 2005, the railroad and steel plant were taken over by Mittal Steel Company, which became ArcelorMittal in 2006

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Canadian Pacific Railway
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The Canadian Pacific Railway, also known formerly as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railroad incorporated in 1881. The railroad is owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a restructuring in 2001. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, it owns approximately 20,000 kilometres of track all across Canada and into the United States, stretching from Montreal to Vancouver, and as far north as Edmonton. Its rail network also serves Minneapolis-St. Paul, Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago, the railway was originally built between Eastern Canada and British Columbia between 1881 and 1885, fulfilling a promise extended to British Columbia when it entered Confederation in 1871. It was Canadas first transcontinental railway, but no longer reaches the Atlantic coast, the CPR became one of the largest and most powerful companies in Canada, a position it held as late as 1975. Its primary passenger services were eliminated in 1986, after being assumed by Via Rail Canada in 1978, a beaver was chosen as the railways logo because it is the national symbol of Canada and was seen as representing the hardworking character of the company. The company acquired two American lines in 2009, the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad and the Iowa, Chicago, the trackage of the ICE was at one time part of CP subsidiary Soo Line and predecessor line The Milwaukee Road. It is publicly traded on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker CP and its U. S. headquarters are in Minneapolis. The creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway was a task undertaken for a combination of reasons by the Conservative government of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald. He was helped by Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, who was the owner of the North Western Coal and his company went through several name changes during the process of the construction of the railway. British Columbia, a sea voyage away from the East Coast, had insisted upon a land transport link to the East as a condition for joining Confederation. The government however proposed to build a railway linking the Pacific province to the Eastern provinces within 10 years of 20 July 1871, Macdonald saw it as essential to the creation of a unified Canadian nation that would stretch across the continent. Moreover, manufacturing interests in Quebec and Ontario wanted access to raw materials, the first obstacle to its construction was political. The logical route went through the American Midwest and the city of Chicago, to ensure this routing, the government offered huge incentives including vast grants of land in the West. Because of this scandal, the Conservative Party was removed from office in 1873, surveying was carried out during the first years of a number of alternative routes in this virgin territory followed by construction of a telegraph along the lines that had been agreed upon. The Thunder Bay section linking Lake Superior to Winnipeg was commenced in 1875, by 1880, around 1,000 kilometres was nearly complete, mainly across the troublesome Canadian Shield terrain, with trains running on only 500 kilometres of track. With Macdonalds return to power on 16 October 1878, an aggressive construction policy was adopted. Macdonald confirmed that Port Moody would be the terminus of the transcontinental railway, in 1879, the federal government floated bonds in London and called for tenders to construct the 206 km section of the railway from Yale, British Columbia, to Savonas Ferry, on Kamloops Lake

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Central New York Railroad
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The Central New York Railroad is a shortline railroad operating local freight service along the ex-Erie Railroad Southern Tier Line in the U. S. states of New York and Pennsylvania. The line begins at Port Jervis, following the West Branch Delaware River to Deposit and the Susquehanna River from Lanesboro and it is a subsidiary of the Delaware Otsego Corporation, which also owns the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway, operator of through trains over the line. The CNYK began operations on December 12,1972 between Cassville and Richfield Springs, New York, having purchased the trackage from the Erie Lackawanna Railway. The 21. 7-mile line was opened by the Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna Valley Railway in November 1872 as a branch, the CNYK suspended service in early 1988 and was authorized to abandon the line in August 1995, at which time the corporation became inactive. Delaware Otsego brought the CNYK back to life on December 31,2004, the line had been opened by the New York and Erie Railroad in December 1848, and passed through the Erie Lackawanna and Conrail to Norfolk Southern. When the CNYK leased the line, the Norfolk Southern retained overhead trackage rights to serve freight traffic

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CSX Transportation
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CSX Transportation is a Class I railroad in the United States. The main subsidiary of the CSX Corporation, the railroad is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, CSX operates one of the three Class I railroads serving most of the East Coast, the other two being the Norfolk Southern Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway. It also serves the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, together CSX and Norfolk Southern Railway have a duopoly over all east-west freight rail traffic east of the Mississippi River. As of October 1,2014, CSXs total public stock value was slightly over $32 billion, CSX Transportation was formed on July 1,1986, by combining the Chessie System and Seaboard System Railroad. The origin of the Chessie System was the former Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, which had merged with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, on June 6,1998, the STB approved the CSX–NS application and set August 22,1998, as the effective date of its decision. CSX acquired 42 percent of Conrails assets, and NS received the remaining 58 percent, as a result of the transaction, CSXs rail operations grew to include some 3,800 miles of the Conrail system. CSX began operating its trains on its portion of the Conrail network on June 1,1999, CSX now serves much of the eastern U. S. with a few routes into nearby Canadian cities. The name came about during merger talks between Chessie System, Inc. and Seaboard System Railroad, Inc. commonly called Chessie, the company chairmen said it was important for the new name to include neither of those names because it was a partnership. Employees were asked for suggestions, most of which consisted of combinations of the initials, at the same time a temporary shorthand name was needed for discussions with the Interstate Commerce Commission. CSC was chosen but belonged to a company in Virginia. The lawyers decided to use CSX, and the name stuck, in the public announcement, it was said that CSX is singularly appropriate. C can stand for Chessie, S for Seaboard, and X, however, in the August 9,2016 article on the Railway Age website stated that. And the X was for Consolidated, the T had to be added to CSX when used as a reporting mark because reporting marks that end in X means that the car is owned by a leasing company or private car owner. Its current slogan, How Tomorrow Moves, appeared in 2008, in 2014 Canadian Pacific Railway approached CSX with an offer to merge the two companies, but CSX declined and in 2015 Canadian Pacific made an attempt to purchase and merge with Norfolk Southern. In 2017 CSX announced Hunter Harrison as its new chief executive, CSX added 5 new directors to their board, including Harrison and Mantle Ridge founder Paul Hilal. Mantle Ridge owns 4.9 percent of CSX, CSX operates two regions of five divisions each, the Northern, based in Calumet City, Illinois, and Southern, based in Jacksonville, Florida. The CEO of CSX is Hunter Harrison as of Feb 2017, o823, Q740 and Q741, Q743, and Q745—which consists of Tropicana cars that carry fresh orange juice between Bradenton, Florida, and the Greenville section of Jersey City, New Jersey. The train also runs from Bradenton to Fort Pierce, Florida, in the 21st century, the Juice Train has been studied as a model of efficient rail transportation that can compete with trucks and other modes in the perishable-goods trade

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Eastern Berks Gateway Railroad
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The Eastern Berks Gateway Railroad is a short-line railroad in Pennsylvania that runs from Boyertown south to Pottstown, where it interchanges with the Norfolk Southern Railway. The railroad was operated by U. S, rail Partners until 2013, when the Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust took over. The Eastern Berks Gateway Railroad operates the 8. 6-mile long Colebrookdale Spur between Boyertown and Pottstown, in Pottstown, it interchanges with the Norfolk Southern Railway. The railroad is operated by the Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust, the tracks the railroad operates on are owned by Berks County. The inaugural run of a passenger service geared towards railfan tourism took place on January 17,2014, the passenger line was ready for regular operation in October 2014 and is operated as the Colebrookdale Railroad. The Colebrookdale Railroad started building the line between Boyertown and Pottstown in 1865 and trains started running in 1869. The Colebrookdale Railroad was leased by the Reading Railroad who operated the line until 1976, Conrail planned to abandon the line, but the state of Pennsylvania acquired the line and hired operators. In March 2001, Berks County acquired the line for $155,000 to keep it active, the Colebrookdale Spur was abandoned by the East Penn Railroad in 2008. The Berks County Redevelopment Authority reactivated the line, with the Eastern Berks Gateway Railroad appointed to operate the line beginning in October 2010, the railroad is working on developing freight traffic on the line. The Eastern Berks Gateway Railroad was owned by U. S, rail Partners, which is based in Illinois. At the end of 2013, the Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust took over operations of the Eastern Berks Gateway Railroad from U. S, in 2011, a tourist railroad was proposed to operate on the line. Tourist passenger operations began in early October 2014 with a series of trips, intended to work out any operational issues before the full. The Colebrookdale Railroad began regular tourist service on October 18,2014

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East Penn Railroad
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The East Penn Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates a number of mostly-unconnected lines in the U. S. states of Pennsylvania and Delaware. Except for two industrial park switching operations, all are former Pennsylvania Railroad or Reading Company lines, abandoned or sold by Conrail or its predecessors. ESPN was formed in 2007 through the merger of East Penn Railways and Penn Eastern Rail Lines, the railroad is owned by Regional Rail, LLC, which also owns the Middletown and New Jersey Railroad, Tyburn Railroad, and Conshohocken Recycling & Rail Transfer. East Penn Railroad was formed in 2007 by the merger of East Penn Railway, since the merger, the railroad has improved service and infrastructure on lines with customer growth potential, weaker lines were abandoned or sold off. 4.5 miles of track was returned to service, a yard was also constructed in Pocopson, Pennsylvania along the Wilmington & Northern. ESPN attempted to abandon the Colebrookdale line between Pottstown and Boyertown in 2008, it was purchased by Berks County. In 2010, the Chester Valley line between King of Prussia and Bridgeport was abandoned and subsequently sold to Montgomery County so that it can become a part of the Chester Valley Rail Trail. On August 1,2011, the East Penn Railroad began operations on the York Industrial Track between York and Stony Brook, taking over operations from Norfolk Southern, ESPN operates 114 miles of track in eastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware with a roster of 14 locomotives. The railroad operates multiple disconnected segments with locomotives assigned to each segment, usually, two or three lines have service on a single day. The East Penn Railroad operates the railroad lines, Bristol – industrial park trackage in the Bristol, Pennsylvania area. Manheim – owns trackage in Manheim, Pennsylvania area, interchanging with NS, north East Philadelphia – trackage in Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, interchanging with CSAO in Bustleton. Octoraro – owns and operates trackage from end-of-track in Sylmar, Pennsylvania east to Chadds Ford, SEPTA still owns the passenger rights on the Octoraro Line. Perkiomen – owns and operates from Pennsburg, Pennsylvania north to interchange with NS in Emmaus, Quakertown – operates on SEPTA-owned trackage from Quakertown, Pennsylvania south to interchange with Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad in Telford, Pennsylvania. Wilmington & Northern – owns and operates from interchange with CSX Transportation in Elsmere Junction, Delaware north to interchange with NS in Coatesville, also the Octoraro Line connects with the Wilmington & Northern line in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. York Industrial Track - operates trackage from interchange with NS in York, Pennsylvania to Stony Brook, Colebrookdale – operated from Boyertown, Pennsylvania south to interchange with NS in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. ESPN attempted to abandon the line in 2008, the Berks County Redevelopment Authority purchased the railroad that same year, and appointed the Eastern Berks Gateway Railroad to operate freight service. The Eastern Berks Gateway Railroad has left the line in late 2013 due to no or very little freight on the line, the Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust was also created in 2011 for tourist railroad purposes. Tourist rail service began in October 2014 as the Colebrookdale Railroad, Chester Valley – owned and operated from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania north to interchange with NS in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania

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Everett Railroad
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The Everett Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates ex-Pennsylvania Railroad trackage in the Hollidaysburg area of the U. S. state of Pennsylvania. It runs freight trains over two lines, one from Brooks Mill and Sproul, and the other, owned by the Morrisons Cove Railroad, from Roaring Spring to Curryville. The Everett Railroad name refers to its location near Everett. The Everett Railroad was incorporated in April 1954 to take over a portion of the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal Company near Everett, conrail discontinued service on the then-Mt. Dallas Secondary in October 1982, severing the Everett Railroads ties to the outside world, the company was revived in May 1984, when it acquired a part of Conrails Bedford Secondary between Brooks Mill and Sproul. Completed in 1910 by the Bedford and Hollidaysburg Railroad, a predecessor of the Pennsylvania Railroad and this line had been constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad itself in 1871. Simultaneously, the Everett Railroad acquired trackage rights to Hollidaysburg, and began operating the H&RS under contract

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Juniata Valley Railroad
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The Juniata Valley Railroad is a short line that operates 11 miles of track in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is part of the North Shore Railroad System, the communities served include Lewistown, the unincorporated village of Maitland in Derry Township, and Burnham. All the track meets at Lewistown, with lines to the park to the southwest, Maitland to the northeast. The system has trackage rights via the Norfolk Southern Railway, the line operated by the Juniata Valley Railroad was a Penn Central Railroad line that was taken over by Conrail. SEDA-COG JRA was formed in July,1983 to continue to provide service to communities whose rail lines Conrail had decided to abandon. In 1996 the JRA took over the line when Conrail abandoned it, list of Pennsylvania railroads Stourbridge Railroad Juniata Valley Railroad

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Kiski Junction Railroad
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The Kiski Junction Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates in Western Pennsylvania near the city of Pittsburgh. The railroad is based in the community of Schenley which is situated at the point where the Kiskiminetas River flows into the Allegheny River. The KJR functions as a freight hauler and a tourist railroad, the name for the railroad is taken from a point on the Pennsylvania Railroad where the PRRs Conemaugh Line and Allegheny Branch met. This point was at the end of the Kiski Junction Railroads bridge. Conrail abandoned the line in the late 1980s, and removed the rails in 1992, the line north of Schenley was purchased by the Armstrong Trail Association, and converted into a rail trail. The line was extended to serve the Logansport Mine in Logansport, construction commenced in 2010 and ended in 2011. The line ends just 2 miles south of Ford City, the railroad sees potential in Ford City and hopes to one day link up with the borough. The KJR runs special passenger excursions in the months, as well as fall foliage rides. Their primary customer is the Rosebud Mine in Logansport, several miles north of Schenley, another customer is the Allegheny Technologies plant in Gilpin Township, Pennsylvania, and a small feed mill in the industrial park at Schenley. KJR #7135 is the locomotive of the railroad. An Alco S-1 type locomotive,7135 was built for the US Army Reserve and it serviced bases at Fort Dix, and Colts Neck, New Jersey before being turned over to the South Branch Valley Railroad. The KJR purchased the 7135 in 1995, in 2013 the KJR purchased former Lehigh Valley Railroad #126, an EMD SW900 class locomotive which was being used at Rosebud Minings Lady Jane Mine near Penfield, PA. After the LV dissolved in 1976 the locomotive served many years as Conrail #8653, when Conrail itself dissolved twenty years later,8653 found work at the Lady Jane mine where it was repainted but kept its CR number. When the KJR gained ownership of the locomotive, it was given back its original LV number and was repainted back to a retro style LV paint scheme while still retaining KJR reporting marks. The Kiski Junction uses modern Norfolk Southern locomotives to haul coal from the Logansport Mine since the train is later interchanged to NS after returning to Schenley. Plus, the train can be anywhere from 100 to 150 carloads which would be too great of power for the much older 7135 and 126. Former Locomotives Pennsys Conemaugh Division, Pittsburgh to Johnstown and Oil City by Ken Kobus and Gary Rauch

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Lehigh Railway
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The Lehigh Railway is a shortline railroad in Wyoming County and Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It connects to the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad in Mehoopany and to Norfolk Southern in Athens and it operates a total of 56 miles of track along the Susquehanna River. The railroad was formed in 2009 to lease and operate Norfolk Southerns Lehigh Secondary from Mehoopany to Athens and this is not to be confused with NSs Lehigh Line, which runs from Manville, New Jersey, to M&H Junction, Pennsylvania, via Allentown, Pennsylvania. Major commodities hauled by the Lehigh Railway include drilling supplies, frack sand, chemicals, building products, the total number of cars transported in 2013 numbered over 7700

Reporting mark
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A reporting mark is an alphabetic code of one to four letters used to identify owners or lessees of rolling stock and other equipment used on certain railroad networks. In North America the mark, which consists of an code of one to four letters, is stenciled on each piece of equipment. The Association of American Railroads assigns marks to all carr

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Reporting marks on two CP covered hopper cars; with the left car marked as CP 388686 and the right car marked as SOO 115239

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A covered hopper with SHPX markings

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A temporary window sign with RTDX markings

Fayette County, Pennsylvania
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Fayette County is a county located in the U. S. state of Pennsylvania. Fayette County is located in southwestern Pennsylvania, adjacent to Maryland, as of the 2010 census, the population was 136,606. The county was created on September 26,1783, from part of Westmoreland County, Fayette County is part of the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical A

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Fayette County Courthouse

Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
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Westmoreland County is a county located in the U. S. state of Pennsylvania. At the 2010 census, the population was 365,169, Westmoreland County originally included the present-day counties of Fayette, Washington, Greene, and parts of Beaver, Allegheny, Indiana, and Armstrong counties. It is named for Westmorland, a county of England. Westmoreland C

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Westmoreland County Courthouse

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Autumn on a small state road near the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Laurel Mountains.

Track gauge
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In rail transport, track gauge is the spacing of the rails on a railway track and is measured between the inner faces of the load-bearing rails. All vehicles on a network must have running gear that is compatible with the track gauge, as the dominant parameter determining interoperability, it is still frequently used as a descriptor of a route or n

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Indian Narrow and Broad gauge tracks

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Track gauge

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Fish-belly cast-iron rails from the Cromford and High Peak Railway

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An early Stephenson locomotive

Standard gauge
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The standard gauge is a widely used railway track gauge. Approximately 55% of the lines in the world are this gauge, all high-speed rail lines, except those in Russia, Uzbekistan, and Finland, are standard gauge. The distance between the edges of the rails is defined to be 1435 mm except in the United States. It is also called the UIC gauge or UIC

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Track gauge

Oakmont, Pennsylvania
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Oakmont is a borough in Allegheny County in the U. S. state of Pennsylvania. It is a Pittsburgh suburb and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area, the population was 6,426 in 2014. Incorporated as a town in 1889, this Allegheny River community began in 1816 when a farmer, the settlement took its name from a landmark tree, as the deed description reads,

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Allegheny River Boulevard in Oakmont, Pennsylvania

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Dr. Thomas R. Kerr House and Office Museum (circa 1897).

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The Oakmont Country Club, since 1903.

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Jonathon Hulton Bridge, a truss bridge built in 1908.

Unstoppable (2010 film)
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Unstoppable is a 2010 American disaster thriller film directed and produced by Tony Scott in his final film as director before his death in 2012. The film stars Denzel Washington and Chris Pine, the film, loosely based on the real life CSX8888 incident, tells the story of a runaway freight train and the two men who attempt to stop it. The film was

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Theatrical release poster

Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania /ˌpɛnsᵻlˈveɪnjə/, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The Appalachian Mountains run through its middle, Pennsylvania is the 33rd largest, the 5th most populous, and the 9th most densely populated of the 50 United States. The states five most

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World's End State Park, Sullivan County

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Flag

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Autumn in North Branch Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

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Penn's Treaty with the Indians, by Edward Hicks

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is one of the oldest railroads in the United States and the first common carrier railroad. At first this railroad was located entirely in the state of Maryland with a line from the port of Baltimore west to Sandy Hook. At this point to continue westward, it had to cross into Virginia over the Potomac River, adjacent

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad system map, circa 1961

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B&O's Columbian crossing the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, 1949

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Cornerstone of the B&O, laid July 4, 1828 by Charles Carroll of Carrollton, now displayed at the B&O Railroad Museum

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Carrollton Viaduct

Pennsylvania Railroad
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The Pennsylvania Railroad was an American Class I railroad, founded in 1846. Commonly referred to as the Pennsy, the PRR was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the PRR was the largest railroad by traffic and revenue in the U. S. for the first half of the 20th century. Over the years, it acquired, merged with or owned part of at least 800

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Amtrak's "Pennsylvanian" operates daily runs between New York and Pittsburgh over the former PRR Main Line.

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Pennsylvania Railroad map November 3, 1857

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John Edgar Thomson

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1899 map of "Lines East" territory

Norfolk Southern
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The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I railroad in the United States. NS is responsible for maintaining 29,000 miles, with the remainder being operated under trackage rights from other parties responsible for maintenance, the common commodity hauled on the railroad is coal from mines in Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and W

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Westbound Norfolk Southern merchandise train on the Reading Line in Lyons, PA

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Norfolk Southern Railway

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NS building in Atlanta, Georgia

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the railroad's previous logo as the Southern Railway

Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1990)
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The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway is a Class II regional railroad that provides freight service, mainly in the U. S. state of Ohio. It took its name from the former Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway, most of which it bought from the Norfolk, the name was changed to the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway in May, before operations began. W&LE also maintain

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Locomotive #200 at Monroeville, Ohio, July 8, 2006

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Company offices in Brewster

Greensburg, Pennsylvania
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Greensburg is a city in and the county seat of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, and a part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The city lies within the Laurel Highlands and the ecoregion of the Western Allegheny Plateau, the city is named after Nathanael Greene, a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. T

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Downtown Greensburg

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Seal

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Westmoreland County Courthouse

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South Pennsylvania Avenue

Scottdale, Pennsylvania
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Scottdale is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania,49 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Early in the 20th century, Scottdale was the center of the Frick coke interests and it had steel and iron pipe mills, brass and silver works, a casket factory, a large milk-pasteurizing plant, and machine shops, all of the aforementioned are presently defu

Everson, Pennsylvania
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Everson is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 793 at the 2010 census, Everson is located on the northern edge of Fayette County at 40°5′26″N 79°35′13″W. It is on the side of Jacobs Creek, a tributary of the Youghiogheny River. The borough of Scottdale is to the north, directly across the creek from Everson,

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Brown Street

Connellsville, Pennsylvania
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Connellsville is a city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States,50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh on the Youghiogheny River, a tributary of the Monongahela River. It is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area, the population was 7,637 at the 2010 census, down from 9,146 at the 2000 census. Connellsville was officially founded as a township in 1793

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Looking south at the Connellsville rail yard from West Crawford Avenue.

Dunbar, Pennsylvania
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Dunbar is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,042 at the 2010 census, down from 1,219 at the 2000 census, Dunbar is named for Col. John Dunbar, who commanded an English force at this point and was defeated by the French and Indians. Dunbar is located in north-central Fayette County at 39°58′36″N 79°36′53″W

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Dunbar's business district

Uniontown, Pennsylvania
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Uniontown is a city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States,46 miles southeast of Pittsburgh and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 10,372 at the 2010 census, down from 12,422 at the 2000 census and it is the county seat and largest city of Fayette County. Popularly known as Beesontown, the town of Union was founded by Hen

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A mural celebrating local hero George Marshall and the city's current revitalization efforts.

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Fayette Building

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Fayette County Courthouse

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WMBS (AM) studio on South Mount Vernon Avenue

Fairchance, Pennsylvania
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Fairchance is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,975 at the 2010 census, down from 2,174 at the 2000 census and it is served by the Albert Gallatin Area School District. Fairchance is located in south-central Fayette County at 39°49′26″N 79°45′17″W and it sits at the western base of Chestnut Ridge, the we

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Location of Fairchance in Fayette County

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Fairchance

Smithfield, Pennsylvania
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Smithfield is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 875 at the 2010 census and it is served by the Albert Gallatin Area School District. The towns largest employer is a small wire producing plant run by Nelson Steel, smithfield is located in southwestern Fayette County at 39°47′59″N 79°48′30″W. According to th

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Smithfield

Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania
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There are also five Mount Pleasant Townships in Pennsylvania. Mount Pleasant is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States and it stands 45 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,454. The Borough of Mount Pleasant, consisting of the area, should not be confused with Mount Pleasant Township. Mou

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Doughboy Statue West Main Street and Diamond Street

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Miners at American Radiator Mine, Mount Pleasant, 1936

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Warden House (1886) National Register of Historic Places

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Main Street

New Stanton, Pennsylvania
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New Stanton is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,906 at the 2000 census, New Stanton is located at 40°13′12″N 79°36′13″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has an area of 4.0 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there are 1,906 people,870 households, the population density

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North Center Street View overlooking the business district

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Seal

Transload
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Transloading is the process of transferring a shipment from one mode of transportation to another. It is most commonly employed when one mode cannot be used for the entire trip, Transloading is also required at railroad break-of-gauge points, since the equipment between lines is not compatible. Since transloading requires handling of the goods, it

Allegheny Valley Railroad
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The Allegheny Valley Railroad is a class III railroad that operates in Western Pennsylvania, and is owned by Carload Express, Inc. The AVRs mainline travels northward through Pittsburgh from an intersection with Norfolk Southern near Panther Hollow, the AVR uses the P&W Subdivision segment of the line to cross the Allegheny River on the 33rd Street

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Diesels in Glenwood

Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and is the county seat of Allegheny County. The city proper has a population of 304,391. The metropolitan population of 2,353,045 is the largest in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the 26th-largest in the U. S. The city feature

Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad
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It lies between CSX Transportations ex-Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad line and the Ohio River, extending south from CSXs yard in northern Aliquippa to near the Ambridge-Aliquippa Bridge. Formerly known as the Aliquippa and Southern Railroad, its owner and primary customer was LTV Steel, the AOR now connects the Aliquippa Industrial Park, which o

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Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad

Belvidere and Delaware River Railway
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The Belvidere and Delaware River Railway Company is a class III railroad in the United States. It was formed in 1995 when the Conrail Delaware Secondary was purchased by the Black River Railroad System, the Black River Railroad System also owns and operates the Black River and Western Railroad. The Black River and Western Railroad leases 10 miles o

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Common carriers

Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
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The Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad is a class II railroad that operates in northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio. The railroads main route runs from the Lake Erie port of Conneaut, Ohio to the Pittsburgh suburb of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, the original rail ancestor of the B&LE, the Shenango and Allegheny Railroad, began operation in Oct

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B&LE logo on a hopper at Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad

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B&LE 1593

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This is a Bessemer and Lake Erie SD38.

Canadian National Railway
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The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec that serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CNs slogan is North Americas Railroad, CN is a public company with 24,000 employees. It had a capitalization of 32 billion CAD in 2011. CN was government-owned, having been a Canadia

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A Canadian National EMD SD70M-2 unit in Chicago, Illinois.

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Canadian National system map

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An early logo or "herald" of the Canadian National Railways. It was replaced by the CN "worm" in 1960.

Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad
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The Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad is a Class II railroad operating in New York and Pennsylvania. The BPRR is owned by Genesee and Wyoming and its main line runs between Buffalo, New York and Eidenau, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh. Here, connections are made to the city center via the Allegheny Valley Railroad, the system runs largely on forme

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Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad

Brandywine Valley Railroad
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The Brandywine Valley Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Pennsylvania. It was established in 1981 by the Lukens Steel Company to operate trackage at Coatesville, Pennsylvania and it was acquired, with the rest of the Lukens properties, by Bethlehem Steel Corporation in 1998. The Brandywine Valleys main line was built by the Wilmington an

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Common carriers

Canadian Pacific Railway
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The Canadian Pacific Railway, also known formerly as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railroad incorporated in 1881. The railroad is owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a restructuring in 2001. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, it owns approximately 20,000 kilometres of t

Central New York Railroad
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The Central New York Railroad is a shortline railroad operating local freight service along the ex-Erie Railroad Southern Tier Line in the U. S. states of New York and Pennsylvania. The line begins at Port Jervis, following the West Branch Delaware River to Deposit and the Susquehanna River from Lanesboro and it is a subsidiary of the Delaware Otse

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CNYK (Binghamton to Port Jervis) and adjoining portions of the Southern Tier Line

CSX Transportation
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CSX Transportation is a Class I railroad in the United States. The main subsidiary of the CSX Corporation, the railroad is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, CSX operates one of the three Class I railroads serving most of the East Coast, the other two being the Norfolk Southern Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway. It also serves the Canadian

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A long CSX coal train of empty hoppers crosses the New River as seen from Hawk's Nest State Park

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Hump and control tower at Selkirk Yard.

Eastern Berks Gateway Railroad
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The Eastern Berks Gateway Railroad is a short-line railroad in Pennsylvania that runs from Boyertown south to Pottstown, where it interchanges with the Norfolk Southern Railway. The railroad was operated by U. S, rail Partners until 2013, when the Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust took over. The Eastern Berks Gateway Railroad operates the 8

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Eastern Berks Gateway Railroad

East Penn Railroad
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The East Penn Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates a number of mostly-unconnected lines in the U. S. states of Pennsylvania and Delaware. Except for two industrial park switching operations, all are former Pennsylvania Railroad or Reading Company lines, abandoned or sold by Conrail or its predecessors. ESPN was formed in 2007 through the

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Locomotive in Pennsburg

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East Penn Railroad ALCO RS-1 57 and GE B23-7 3153 in Quakertown

Everett Railroad
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The Everett Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates ex-Pennsylvania Railroad trackage in the Hollidaysburg area of the U. S. state of Pennsylvania. It runs freight trains over two lines, one from Brooks Mill and Sproul, and the other, owned by the Morrisons Cove Railroad, from Roaring Spring to Curryville. The Everett Railroad name refers t

Juniata Valley Railroad
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The Juniata Valley Railroad is a short line that operates 11 miles of track in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is part of the North Shore Railroad System, the communities served include Lewistown, the unincorporated village of Maitland in Derry Township, and Burnham. All the track meets at Lewistown, with lines to the park to

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Juniata Valley Railroad

Kiski Junction Railroad
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The Kiski Junction Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates in Western Pennsylvania near the city of Pittsburgh. The railroad is based in the community of Schenley which is situated at the point where the Kiskiminetas River flows into the Allegheny River. The KJR functions as a freight hauler and a tourist railroad, the name for the railroad

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Common carriers

Lehigh Railway
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The Lehigh Railway is a shortline railroad in Wyoming County and Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It connects to the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad in Mehoopany and to Norfolk Southern in Athens and it operates a total of 56 miles of track along the Susquehanna River. The railroad was formed in 2009 to lease and operate Norfolk Southerns

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Reading and Northern (RBMN) hopper cars loaded with Anthracite in the trainyard of Blaschak Coal Company, Mahanoy City, PA. Owned and operated by the RBMN it is a remnant of a combined yard that containted 20 miles (32 km) of trackage when the nearby Old St. Nicholas coal breaker —the world's largest—was in operation.

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The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Hoboken Terminal is the only active surviving railroad terminal alongside the Hudson River and is a nationally recognized historical site.

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The Tunkhannock Viaduct in Nicholson, Pennsylvania, in October 1988. A Delaware & Hudson Railway train on the bridge is dwarfed by the structure, which stands 240 feet (73 m) above the creek for which it is named.